Going ... Going ... Going ... Gone

I stole that headline from one of the e-mails that has been circulating among Mack Trucks people.

I'm itching to comment on the Phillies' big trade, which I'll do in a bit. But I couldn't resist sharing some closer-up photos of the bulldog from the Mack World Headquarters lobby being loaded up and hauled away, presumably to the new World Headquarters in Greensboro, N.C. You can see more on this in my previous post.

First Hess' department store, now Mack Trucks. So much of Allentown's cultural identity was tied to that iconic bulldog. Beware! I saw a forklift and bulldozers heading toward the park in the vicinity of the statue of General Trexler!

Posted By: Lu | Jul 30, 2009 12:39:01 PM

I thought Mayor Pawlowski said that the statue was staying or is this not the one that is on the front lawn?

Posted By: Douglas Brace | Jul 30, 2009 12:44:58 PM

No, it's the one from the lobby.

Posted By: bill white | Jul 30, 2009 12:53:43 PM

Allentown we're with you. We being MACK customers. I do not agree with Volvo's Ideas for moving Mack. In my opinion Volvo is running Mack into the ground. God bless all that have or will lose a job due to volvo reasoning.

Posted By: Matt Allbritton | Aug 1, 2009 9:19:16 AM

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